National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service was created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to operate and manage the United States environmental satellite programs, and manage the data gathered by the National Weather Service and other government agencies and departments.

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History

In August 1980, the National Earth Satellite Service was removed from the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Services and became a principal agency line organization in NOAA with an Assistant Administrator who reported directly to the Administrator. This move reflected the increasing importance of satellite observations to NOAA's environmental science and service responsibilities. It was largely precipitated by a decision by the Carter Administration in November 1979 to assign NOAA management responsibility for all civil operational remote sensing from space. NESDIS was formed in 1982 with the merger of NESS and the Environmental Data Service.
NESDIS has managed operational polar orbiting satellites since 1966. Additionally, NESDIS has managed operational geosynchronous satellites and GOES-R. The first satellite in the GOES-R series launched on November 19, 2016. JPSS-1 successfully launched on November 18, 2017.
In 1979, NOAA's first polar-orbiting environmental satellite was launched. Current satellites owned and/or operated by NESDIS include NOAA-15, NOAA-18, NOAA-19, NOAA-20, NOAA-21, GOES-13/EWS-G1, GOES-14, GOES-15/EWS-G2 GOES-16, GOES-17, Jason-3, and DSCOVR. Since May 1998 NESIDS has operated the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites on behalf of the United States Space Force.

Organization

NESDIS's National Centers for Environmental Information archives data collected by the NOAA, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, the Federal Aviation Administration, and meteorological services around the world. NCEI is the result of a merger of NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, National Coastal Data Development Center, National Oceanographic Data Center, and National Geophysical Data Center.
NESDIS also runs many offices, including:

Office of Space Weather Operations, formerly the Office Projects, Planning, and Analysis and Office of Systems Development
Office of Common Services, formerly the and Office of Satellite Operations
Office of Satellite and Product Operations, formerly the Office of Satellite Data Processing & Distribution
, formerly the Office of Research & Applications
Office of Low Earth Orbit Observations, formerly the
Office of Geostationary Earth Orbit Observations, formerly the GOES-R Program Office
Systems Architecture and Engineering, formerly the Office of System Architecture and Advanced Planning
International & Interagency Affairs Office
Office of Space Commerce
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In 1960, TIROS-1, NASA's first owned and operated satellite, was launched. In 1983, NOAA assumed operational responsibility for the Landsat satellite system.